Ordinary comics seem quite popular on the 'phone and 'pad but there doesn't seem many decent web comic apps out there. Most of them only get the latest episode or just plain don't work. So, I thought I'd write my own.

Please don't consider this spam as I am genuinely looking for feedback and possibly the odd beta tester. So far I have got 20+ big comics in there. It is quite clever as it knows what the latest episode is, which was the last one you read which gives you the choice of where to start. There is a toolbar with first/last/prev/next buttons that work with all the comics and an option of hilighting your favourite comics. I have even got the alt text out of XKCD.

Sort of feedback I'm after is how does it look, what comics should it have (users can't add their own but should be easy enough to host the config on the net for easy updating), usability and all that stuff.

I think everyone here is correct - expect only cease and desist orders if you're lucky... expect much worse if you're not... be very very careful with other people's work... in fact, when in doubt don't even go there. Always seek permission from the creators or legal counsel before even considering using other people's work in any potentially infringing manner..._________________Ed Womack

Well, if you look at the other apps out there, they do just that. They scrape the comic itself from the home page and show that. No credits or anything. I at least pop up the original web page so the comic gets its ad revenue. They have nothing to lose being in the app and the user gets access to a bunch of good titles.

This is really all about user interface. It is the year 2012, so why can't all the story web comics remember where I left off reading? I don't want to have to read the story backward to where I left off. A few let you bookmark but only a handful. Add to that inconsistent placed buttons, etc.

Imagine if an app could do for webcomics what Comixology did for ordinary comics. I bet millions of people who would never go into a comic shop happily download titles. By coming up in a search for "free comics" in the app store, I will hopefully bring more readers to the table.

I wrote this app as it was the sort of app I would love to download myself.

Well, I think he's in the clear only because he's displaying the full website - making it no different than things like comic rocket. I don't know how useful the app is, but content creators will still have all of their ads displayed... So the normal scammy part is gone.

That said, it's likely going to make some creators feel jumpy, as you're marketing your app off of their IP... Asking for permission might have made your life easier.

My only feedback is that for XKCD I'd display m.xkcd.com instead of the regular site -- since that would let readers see the alt text